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Ragstone to riches : imperial estates, metalla and the Roman military in the south east of Britain during the occupation / Simon Elliott.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Elliott, Simon, 1965- author.
- Series:
- BAR British series ; 638.
- BAR British series ; 638
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Iron industry and trade--England--Weald, The--History--To 1500.
- Iron industry and trade.
- Iron industry and trade--England, South East--History--To 1500.
- Quarries and quarrying--England--Medway, River, Valley--History--To 1500.
- Quarries and quarrying.
- Limestone industry--England--Medway, River, Valley--History--To 1500.
- Limestone industry.
- Quarries and quarrying--England, South East--History--To 1500.
- Building stones--England, South East--History--To 1500.
- Building stones.
- England, South East--Antiquities, Roman.
- England, South East.
- Weald, The (England)--Antiquities, Roman.
- Weald, The (England).
- Medway, River, Valley (England)--Antiquities, Roman.
- Medway, River, Valley (England).
- Kent (England)--Antiquities, Roman.
- Kent (England).
- Rome--Armed Forces--England, South East.
- Rome.
- Great Britain--History--Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D.
- Great Britain.
- Armed Forces.
- Classical antiquities.
- England--England, South East.
- England--Kent.
- England--River Medway Valley.
- England--The Weald.
- Rome (Empire).
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 142 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour).
- Contained In:
- BAR British Series no:638
- Other Title:
- Imperial estates, metalla and the Roman military in the south east of Britain during the occupation
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : BAR Publishing, 2018.
- System Details:
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
- Summary:
- "Tells the story of the huge Roman metalla extractive industries of the south east of the province of Britannia. These provided much of the iron to equip the military there, and ragstone to facilitate the construction of the built environment in the region during the occupation, through to the middle of the 3rd century AD. In the former case this was the Wealden iron industry, which, especially to the north of Hastings, featured sites as large as any industrial enterprise today. Meanwhile, regarding the upper Medway Valley ragstone quarrying industry, the work identifies for the first time the five specific quarries which provided the material to build Roman London. For both, the author also explores the role played by the military in running these enormous metalla enterprises."--Back cover (page 4 of cover).
- Notes:
- Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Kent, 2017).
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-134).
- Description based on print version record.
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified]: HathiTrust Digital Library. 2021.
- Other Format:
- Print version :
- ISBN:
- 9781407323244
- 1407323245
- 1407316524
- 9781407316529
- OCLC:
- 1257273849
- Publisher Number:
- B638 BAR Publishing
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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